Yvette Cooper: Women must not feel pressured into an 'ideal birth'

New UK Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has promised a root-and-branch reform of maternity standards following several damning maternity scandals. She stressed that women must not feel pressured into experiencing an "ideal birth." Cooper is returning to the health department 27 years after serving as public health minister under Tony Blair.

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